CORRIGENDUM: German elections: Liberals celebrate major comeback

Leader of the ALDE group Guy Verhofstadt has today congratulated the FDP after their strong results in the German elections. Verhofstadt said:

“Tonight, the German Liberals celebrate a major comeback. The FDP is now back.. A positive trend started over a year ago, as a reaction to the rise of populist and nationalist parties. Now, they have succeeded at the expense of the two big parties."

"This is another liberal success in Europe after pro-European forces won in the Netherlands and France this year. I hope that Mrs Merkel will form a pro-European government now that will push for the reforms the EU urgently needs.”

The European Parliament’s Vice President and head of the FDP delegation Alexander Graf Lambsdorff added:

"The past four years were like a long walk through the desert. Despite these difficult times, we always stood by our liberal values and beliefs and remained an open-minded, pro-European party."

"The return to the Bundestag is a historic moment for the FDP and the result of hard work, intense debates and a new political culture in our party. We now want to shape European politics in times when the EU is facing a multitude of challenges."